100 Notable alumni of
National University of Ireland, Galway
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The National University of Ireland, Galway is 760th in the world, 270th in Europe, and 3rd in Ireland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the National University of Ireland, Galway sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Nicola Coughlan
- Occupations
- actor
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Nicola Mary Coughlan is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in Channel 4's sitcom Derry Girls (2018–2022) and Penelope Featherington in Netflix's Bridgerton (2020–present). She earned a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for playing the lead role of Penelope Featherington in the third season of Bridgerton.
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Michael D. Higgins
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- political scientistpoliticianwriterpoet
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Michael Daniel Higgins is an Irish politician, poet, broadcaster, and sociologist who has been serving as the ninth president of Ireland since 2011.
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Enda Kenny
- Occupations
- school teacherpolitician
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Enda Kenny is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017, Leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2017, Minister for Defence from May to July 2014 and 2016 to 2017, Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2011, Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997 and Minister of State at the Department of Labour and Department of Education with responsibility for Youth Affairs from 1986 to 1987. He served as Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo West from 1975 to 1997 and for Mayo from 1997 to 2020.
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Nora-Jane Noone
- Occupations
- film actor
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Nora-Jane Noone is an Irish actress. In 2020, The Irish Times ranked her 47th on its list of the greatest Irish film actors of all time. She made her screen debut in her breakthrough role film The Magdalene Sisters (2002), and has since been nominated three times at the IFTA Film & Drama Awards for her work in 3 films: The Descent (2005), Savage (2009) and Wildfire (2020).
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Pat Gibson
- Occupations
- game show contestantquizzer
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Patrick Gibson is an Irish quizzer based in the United Kingdom. On 24 April 2004, he became the fifth contestant to win the £1m jackpot on the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and the fourth legitimate contestant to do so. He is a multiple world champion in quizzing and one of the world's most successful quiz players. He is best known for winning several quiz shows and being a panellist on Eggheads. He was born, raised and educated in Ireland but currently lives in the United Kingdom and competes as part of the England quiz team. As of 5 December 2018, Gibson is currently the No. 1 ranked quizzer in the world.
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Michael J. Ryan
- Enrolled in the National University of Ireland, Galway
- Graduated with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- Occupations
- physiciantrauma surgeonepidemiologist
- Biography
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Michael Joseph Ryan is an Irish epidemiologist and former trauma surgeon, specialising in infectious disease and public health. He is executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme, leading the team responsible for the international containment and treatment of COVID-19. Ryan has held leadership positions and has worked on various outbreak response teams in the field to eradicate the spread of diseases including bacillary dysentery, cholera, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever, Ebola, Marburg virus disease, measles, meningitis, relapsing fever, Rift Valley fever, SARS, and Shigellosis.
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Ultan Dillane
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Ultan Dillane is an Irish rugby union player. He plays for La Rochelle in the Top 14 which is the top tier of rugby union in France. Dillane primarily plays as a lock.
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Heather Humphreys
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Heather Maud Humphreys is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served in various cabinet positions from 2014 to 2025. She was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency from 2011 to 2024, and served as deputy leader of Fine Gael from April to October 2024.
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Sabina Higgins
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Sabina Higgins is an Irish actress, political activist and the wife of the current president of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins.
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Mick Lally
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actorteacher
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Michael Lally was an Irish stage, film, and television actor. He departed from a teaching career for acting during the 1970s. Though best known in Ireland for his role as Miley Byrne in the television soap Glenroe, Lally's stage career spanned several decades, and he was involved in feature films such as Alexander and the Academy Award-nominated The Secret of Kells. He died in August 2010 after a battle with emphysema. Many reports cited him as one of Ireland's finest and most recognisable actors.
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Lisa Chambers
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
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Lisa Chambers is an Irish barrister and former Fianna Fáil politician. She served on Mayo County Council from 2014 to 2016, before serving as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency from 2016 to 2020. After losing her Dáil seat at the 2020 general election, she served as a senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 2020 to 2025 and was leader of the Seanad from 2022 to 2025.
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Eamon Gilmore
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionistdiplomat
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Eamon Gilmore is a European Union diplomat and an Irish former Labour Party politician. He has served as European Union Special Representative for Human Rights since February 2019. He has also been the European Union Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process since 2015. He was Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2011 to 2014, Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2014, Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe from 2012 to 2013, Minister of State at the Department of the Marine from 1994 to 1997. He was a Teachta Dála for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 1989 to 2016.
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Barry Cowen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Barry Cowen is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Midlands–North-West constituency since July 2024. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) representing Laois–Offaly from 2011 to 2016, Offaly from 2016 to 2020, and Laois–Offaly again from 2020 to 2024. He served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine from June to July 2020.
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David Andrews
- Occupations
- barristerpoliticiandiplomat
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David Andrews is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1993 and 1997 to 2000, Minister for Defence from 1993 to 1994 and June 1997 to October 1997, Minister for the Marine from 1993 to 1994, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1979 and Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Defence from 1970 to 1973. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to 2002.
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Jack Carty
- Occupations
- association football playerrugby union player
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Jack Carty is a rugby union player from Ireland. His primary position is at fly-half. Having started with his hometown club, Buccaneers, Carty currently plays for the team of his native province of Connacht in the United Rugby Championship, having come through the team's academy. He is Connacht's record points scorer in the Pro14, having overtaken Ian Keatley in March 2019. Carty is an Ireland international, having made his debut for the side against Italy in 2019.
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Rónán Mullen
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
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Rónán Thomas Mullen is an Irish independent senator and former delegate to the Council of Europe. He is the leader of the Human Dignity Alliance, an extra-parliamentary anti-abortion political party formed in 2018. He was elected to the Seanad for the National University constituency in July 2007 and re-elected in 2011, 2016 and 2020. He topped the poll in every NUI Seanad election from 2011-2020. Mullen is a frequent media commentator on social and political topics. The first National University of Ireland senator appointed to the Council of Europe, he received international coverage for his role in defeating the McCafferty Report which sought to limit the right to conscientious objection for medical staff in the case of abortions.
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Wilfrid Napier
- Occupations
- Catholic priestfriarCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Wilfrid Fox Napier O.F.M. is a South African Franciscan friar and prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Durban from 1992 to 2021 and has been a cardinal since 2001. He served as Bishop of Kokstad from 1981 to 1992.
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Max Arthur Macauliffe
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- translatororientalisttheologianIndian Civil Servicelinguist
- Biography
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Max Arthur MacAuliffe, originally known as Michael McAuliffe, was a senior British administrator, prolific scholar and author. MacAuliffe is renowned for his partial translation of Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib and history into English.
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Pat the Cope Gallagher
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Patrick Gallagher is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since the 2024 general election, and previously from 1981 to 1997, 2002 to 2009, 2016 to 2020. He served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2016 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 1987 to 1994 and from 2002 to 2008. He also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 2002 and from 2009 to 2014.
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James Dillon
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- politicianbarristerfarmer
- Biography
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James Mathew Dillon was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of Fine Gael from 1959 to 1965 and Minister for Agriculture from 1948 to 1951 and 1954 to 1957. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1932 to 1969.
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Thomas Power O'Connor
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Thomas Power O'Connor, PC, known as T. P. O'Connor and occasionally as Tay Pay (mimicking the Irish pronunciation of the initials T. P.), was an Irish nationalist politician and journalist who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for nearly fifty years.
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Caitlín Maude
- Occupations
- stage actorplaywrightsingerpoetwriter
- Biography
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Caitlín Maude was an Irish poet, language revival activist, teacher and actress. She is also well-known for her campaigns to improve the lives of women in Ireland.
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Pat Rabbitte
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pat Rabbitte is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from 2011 to 2014, Leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2007 and a Minister of State from 1994 to 1997. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1989 to 2016.
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Sean O'Rourke
- Occupations
- journalistbroadcaster
- Biography
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Sean O'Rourke is an Irish journalist and broadcaster who works for the Irish public broadcaster, RTÉ. From September 2013 until his retirement in May 2020, he presented the Today with Seán O'Rourke show every weekday from 10:00am until midday on RTÉ Radio 1.
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Rose Conway-Walsh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rose Conway-Walsh is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency since the 2020 general election. She previously served as a Leader of Sinn Féin in the Seanad and a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2016 to 2020.
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Carol Nolan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carol Nolan is an Irish independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Offaly constituency since the 2024 general election, and previously from 2016 to 2020. She was a TD for the Laois–Offaly constituency from 2020 to 2024.
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Catherine Noone
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Catherine Anna Noone is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. She served as a Senator on the Industrial and Commercial Panel from April 2011 to March 2020.
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Mike McCormack
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Mike McCormack is an Irish novelist and short-story writer. He has published two collections of short stories, Getting It In the Head and Forensic Songs, and four novels: Crowe's Requiem, Notes from a Coma, Solar Bones, and This Plague of Souls. He has won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the International Dublin Literary Award. He was described as "a disgracefully neglected writer" early in his career, but the success of some of his later works and his tenure as a writing educator have brought him wide recognition today.
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Michael O'Shaughnessy
- Occupations
- hydraulic engineer
- Biography
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Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy was an Irish civil engineer who became city engineer for the city of San Francisco during the early twentieth century and developed both the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) and the Hetch Hetchy water system. He is sometimes credited as being "the Irishman who built San Francisco."
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Anne Rabbitte
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anne Rabbitte is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a member of Seanad Éireann since December 2024. She was a Minister of State from July 2020 to January 2025. She previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency from 2016 to 2024.
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Alice Perry
- Occupations
- civil engineerwriterengineerpoet
- Biography
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Alice Jacqueline Perry was one of the first women in Europe to graduate with a degree in engineering.
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Alan Dillon
- Occupations
- Gaelic football playerpolitician
- Biography
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Alan Dillon is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency since the 2020 general election.
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Bindon Blood
- Occupations
- military personnelengineer
- Biography
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General Sir Bindon Blood, GCB, GCVO was a British Army commander who served in Egypt, Afghanistan, India, and South Africa.
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Mairéad Farrell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mairéad Farrell is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency since the 2020 general election.
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Michael Ring
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Ring is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency from 1997 to 2024, and previously from 1994 to 1997 for the Mayo West constituency. He served as Minister for Rural and Community Development from 2017 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2017.
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John O'Mahony
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Christopher O'Mahony was an Irish Fine Gael politician and football manager who served as a Senator from 2016 to 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo constituency from 2007 to 2016.
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Peter Burke
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Burke is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment since January 2025, having previously served as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment from 2024 to 2025. He served as Minister of State for European Affairs, Minister of State at the Department of Defence from 2022 to 2024 and Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage from 2020 to 2022. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency since 2016.
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Paul Hession
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- sprinter
- Biography
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Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who is the fastest Irishman in history over 200 metres. He specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres. He has won silver and bronze medals at the World University Games, a silver medallist in the 200 m in the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final and in 2007 made the leap into world class by setting 4 Irish national records at 100 metres and 200 metres. He is a member of the Athenry Athletics Club.
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Jim McDaid
- Occupations
- politicianphysician
- Biography
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James Joseph McDaid is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister of State for Transport from 2002 to 2004 and Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation from 1997 to 2004. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North-East constituency from 1989 to 2010.
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Cathal Berry
- Born in
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Ireland - Occupations
- military personnelpolitician
- Biography
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Cathal Berry is an Irish former independent politician and retired soldier who was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency from 2020 to 2024.
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Brendan Griffin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brendan Griffin is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry constituency from 2016 to 2024, and from 2011 to 2016 for the Kerry South constituency. He served as Deputy Government chief whip from July 2020 to December 2022 and as Minister of State for Tourism and Sport from 2017 to 2020.
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Sir Thornley Stoker, 1st Baronet
- Occupations
- surgeon
- Biography
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Sir William Thornley Stoker, 1st Baronet, was an Irish medical writer, anatomist and surgeon. He served as chair of anatomy and president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, president of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, and professor of anatomy at the Royal Hibernian Academy. He was the brother of the novelist Bram Stoker.
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Denis Buckley
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Denis Buckley is a rugby union player from Ireland. He predominantly plays as a loosehead prop. Buckley currently plays for Irish provincial team Connacht in the Pro14. He plays his club rugby for Buccaneers.
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Séamus Brennan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Séamus Brennan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism from 2007 to 2008, Minister for Social and Family Affairs from 2004 to 2007, Minister for Transport from 1989 to 1992 and 2002 to 2004, Government Chief Whip from 1997 to 2002, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise and Employment from 1993 to 1994, Minister for Education from 1992 to 1993 and Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce from 1987 to 1989. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency from 1981 to 2008. He also served as a Senator from 1977 to 1981, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
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Seán Sherlock
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Seán Sherlock is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork East constituency from 2007 to 2024. He served as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2016.
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Daithí Burke
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Daithí Burke is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county hurling team and for his clubs Turloughmore and Corofin.
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Seán Kyne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Seán Kyne is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel since March 2020, and previously from February 2020 to March 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He served as a Minister of State from 2016 to 2020, including as Government Chief Whip from 2018 to 2020. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 2011 to 2020.
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Lex Frieden
- Biography
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Lex Frieden is an American educator, researcher, disability policy expert and disability rights activist. Frieden has been called "a chief architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act." He is also regarded as a founder and leader of the independent living movement by people with disabilities in the U.S.
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Lorraine Higgins
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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Lorraine Higgins is an Irish barrister, and a former Labour Party politician who represented the party in the 24th Seanad after being nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny. From Galway, she is a graduate of NUI Galway (acquiring a B.A. from the university in 2001) and, later, the King's Inns. During her time there she was Labour Party Seanad spokesperson on Reform and Foreign Affairs.
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Conor Whelan
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Conor Whelan is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner forward for club side Kinvara and at inter-county level for the Galway senior hurling team.
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Des MacHale
- Occupations
- university teachermathematicianacademicscientist
- Biography
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Desmond MacHale is an Irish mathematician who is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at University College Cork. He is an author and speaker on several subjects, including George Boole, lateral thinking puzzles, and humour. He has published over 80 books, some of which have been translated into languages including Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, German, Korean, and Japanese.
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Claire Kerrane
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Claire Kerrane is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency since the 2020 general election.
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Pádraig Ó Céidigh
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Pádraig Ó Céidigh is an Irish former independent politician and businessman who served as a Senator from 2016 to 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He is the former owner of Aer Arann and Aer Arann Islands.
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John Dallat
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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John Dallat was an Irish politician in the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) who represented East Londonderry in the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 to 2016, and then from 2017 until his death in 2020.
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Robert McCall
- Years
- 1849-1934 (aged 85)
- Occupations
- barrister
- Biography
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Sir Robert Alfred McCall KCVO KC was an Irish lawyer.
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Darragh Leader
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Darragh Leader is a retired rugby player from Ireland. His primary position is at fullback, though he has also played on the wing. Leader played for Connacht in the Pro14, having come through Connacht's academy. Darragh has also joined the NFL player pathway program as a kicker/punter
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Joseph Cooney
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Joseph Cooney is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Sarsfields and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He currently lines out as a left wing-back.
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John G. Breslin
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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John Breslin is an Irish engineer and full professor at the University of Galway. He is co-founder of the Irish websites boards.ie and adverts.ie. He co-authored the Irish bestselling book Old Ireland in Colour in 2020, Old Ireland in Colour 2 in 2021, and Old Ireland in Colour 3 in 2023.
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Shane McGrath
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 41)
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Shane McGrath is an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Tipperary senior team.
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Jim Higgins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jim Higgins is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. He served as a member of Seanad Éireann, Dáil Éireann, and was a European People's Party Member of the European Parliament for the North-West constituency from 2004 to 2014.
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Cathal Mannion
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Cathal Mannion is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Ahascragh-Fohenagh and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left corner-forward.
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Antony MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell
- Years
- 1844-1925 (aged 81)
- Occupations
- politiciancolonial administratorcivil servant
- Biography
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Antony Patrick MacDonnell, 1st Baron MacDonnell, GCSI, KCVO, PC, known as Sir Antony MacDonnell between 1893 and 1908, was an Irish civil servant, much involved in the Indian land reform and famine relief in India. He was Permanent Under-Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1902–1908); Member of the Council of India (1902); Privy Councillor (1902); Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1895–1901); Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal (1893–1895); Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces (1890–1893); Chief Commissioner of Burma (1889–1890); Home Secretary to the Central Government of India (1886–1889); Secretary to the Government of Bengal and the Bengal Legislative Council.
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Sheila Christina Tinney
- Enrolled in the National University of Ireland, Galway
- Studied in 1935-1936
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Sheila Christina Tinney was an Irish mathematical physicist. Her 1941 PhD from the University of Edinburgh, completed under the supervision of Max Born in just two years, is believed to make her the first Irish-born and -raised woman to receive a doctorate in the mathematical sciences.
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Eoghan Masterson
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Eoghan Masterson is an Irish professional rugby union player who plays for Aurillac. He primarily plays in the back row, though he has played as a lock at under-age level. Masterson previously played for Irish provincial side Connacht in the Pro14, after being promoted from the academy ahead of the 2015–16 season.
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Frank Gannon
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- molecular biologist
- Biography
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Frank Gannon (born 1947, Ireland) is a molecular biologist, and was the seventh Director of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia (2011 – 2020). He has held high-profile appointments in scientific management and research in Ireland, England, the United States, France, Germany and Australia.
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Gavin Duffy
- Occupations
- Gaelic football playerrugby union player
- Biography
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Gavin Duffy is an Irish sportsman. Duffy is a former international rugby union footballer who primarily played at full back. He last played professionally for Irish provincial side Connacht Rugby, in the Pro12, and represented Ireland at full international level.
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Enda O'Coineen
- Occupations
- businesspersonsailor
- Biography
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Enda O'Coineen, is an Irish businessman, sailor, navigator and skipper.
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Pádraic Mannion
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Pádraic Mannion is an Irish hurler, he also plays as a right wing-back for club side Ahascragh-Fohenagh and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. His brother, Cathal, also plays for both teams.
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Trevor Ó Clochartaigh
- Occupations
- politiciantelevision producer
- Biography
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Trevor Ó Clochartaigh is an Irish former politician who has served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2011 to 2018.
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Eoin Griffin
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Eoin Griffin is a former professional rugby union player from Ireland. He primarily played as a centre, and played both outside and inside channels. Griffin last played for Connacht in the Pro14.
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Rose Anne Kenny
- Enrolled in the National University of Ireland, Galway
- Studied in 1979
- Occupations
- geriatricianneurologistcardiologistgerontologistresearcher
- Biography
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Rose Anne Kenny is an Irish geriatrician. She is the Regius Professor of Physic and a professor of medical gerontology at Trinity College Dublin, director of the Falls and Black-out Unit at St James's Hospital in Dublin, director of the Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing and founding principal investigator for The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). She was admitted in 2014 to the Royal Irish Academy in recognition of academic excellence and achievement. Kenny is a fellow of Trinity College Dublin and of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of Ireland, London and Edinburgh.
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Terry Leyden
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Terry Leyden is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Senator (elected on the Labour Panel) from September 2002 to March 2020, and previously during December 1992 (after being nominated by the Taoiseach). He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 1992, and as a Minister of State from March to December 1982, and from 1987 to 1992.
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Maureen O'Brien
- Born in
- Ireland
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Major General Maureen O'Brien is an Irish Army general and current Deputy Military Advisor in the United Nations Office of Military Affairs, Department of Peace Operations. O'Brien had previously been Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights from September 2019 to March 2021 (and Acting Force Commander from October 2019 to July 2020).
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Derek Nolan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Derek Nolan is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 2011 to 2016.
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Eugene Murphy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Eugene Murphy is an Irish independent politician who served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from June 2020 to January 2025. He served as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency from 2016 to 2020.
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Joseph Brennan
- Occupations
- Gaelic football playerpolitician
- Biography
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Joseph Peter Brennan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1977 to 1980, Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1973 to 1977, Minister for Social Welfare from 1970 to 1973 and 1966 to 1969, Minister for Labour from 1969 to 1973, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1965 to 1966, and a Parliamentary Secretary from 1959 to 1965. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1951 to 1980.
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Aidan Harte
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Aidan Harte is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship Gort and previously at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left wing-back.
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Kieran Brennan
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- hurlersoldier
- Biography
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Kieran Brennan is an Irish Army major general and former hurler who played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Kilkenny county team. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations with the Irish Defence Forces until mid-2019.
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Sylvester Barrett
- Years
- 1926-2002 (aged 76)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sylvester Aidan Barrett was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He served under Jack Lynch and Charles Haughey as Minister for the Environment (1977–1980) and Minister for Defence (1980–1981).
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John H. Rogers
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John H. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 12th Norfolk District since 1992, which includes all of Norwood and parts of Walpole.
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Naoise Ó Muirí
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Naoise Ó Muirí is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay North constituency since the 2024 general election. He served as a Dublin City Councillor from June 2004 to November 2024. He previously served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2012 to 2013.
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Thomas Derrig
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Derrig was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Lands from 1939 to 1943 and 1951 to 1954, Minister for Education from 1932 to 1939 and 1940 to 1948 and Minister for Posts and Telegraphs in September 1939. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1921 to 1923 and 1927 to 1957.
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Mathilda Twomey
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Mathilda Twomey is a Seychellois lawyer and academic. She is the first female judge in the history of Seychelles and also the first woman to be appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles.
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Conor Cleary
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Conor Cleary is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer. At club he plays with St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay and Kilmaley, while he has also lined out at inter-county level with various Clare teams.
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Alfred Keogh
- Occupations
- military physiciansurgeon
- Biography
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Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Henry Keogh, GCB, GCVO, CH, FRCP was a medical doctor in the British Army. He served as Director-General Army Medical Services twice; from 1905 to 1910 and 1914 to 1918.
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Niall Burke
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Niall Burke is an Irish hurler who, as of 2012, played as a centre-forward at senior level for the Galway county team.
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Frank Hugh O'Donnell
- Years
- 1846-1916 (aged 70)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frank Hugh O'Donnell, born Francis Hugh MacDonald (9 October 1846 – 2 November 1916) was an Irish writer, journalist and nationalist politician.
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Ray Butler
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Raymond Butler is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator from 2016 to 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency from 2011 to 2016.
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Maeve McLaughlin
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maeve McLaughlin is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from 2012 to 2016.
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Edward Divers
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Edward Divers FRS was a British experimental chemist who rose to prominence despite being visually impaired from young age. Between 1873 and 1899, Divers lived and worked in Japan and significantly contributed to the science and education of that country.
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James P Mahon
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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James Patrick Mahon is an Irish TV news reporter and lecturer.
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Aisling Dolan
- Born in
- Ireland
- Biography
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Aisling Dolan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator from June 2020 to January 2025, after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
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Maura Hopkins
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maura Hopkins is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2016 to 2020. She had been a member of Roscommon County Council from 2014 to 2016.
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John Hanbury
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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John Hanbury is a former Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for club side Rahoon-Newcastle and formerly at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team.
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Pól Ó Foighil
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pól Ó Foighil was an Irish politician and activist for Irish-speaking, coastal and island communities. A teacher turned co-operative manager, he was an active member of the Fine Gael party, and as a long-serving councillor he was the party's only elected representative in the Connemara Gaeltacht for two decades. He also served as a senator from 1989 to 1993.
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Thomas Noel Mitchell
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherclassical philologist
- Biography
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Thomas Noel Mitchell is an Irish academic who served as the 42nd Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1991 to 2001.
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James O. McInerney
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- researcherevolutionary biologistcomputational biologistmicrobiologist
- Biography
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James O. McInerney is an Irish-born microbiologist, computational evolutionary biologist, professor, and former head of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology and elected Fellow of the Linnean Society. In June 2020 he was elected president-designate of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution and in 2022 he took up the role of President. He is deputy chair of BBSRC committee C.
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Christine Maggs
- Enrolled in the National University of Ireland, Galway
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- phycologistexplorer
- Biography
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Christine Adair Maggs is a British phycologist. Formerly Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science & Technology at Bournemouth University, she was the first Chief Scientist of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, retiring in 2022. She is now an independent non-executive Director of Ocean Harvest Technology.
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Valentine O'Hara
- Years
- 1875-1941 (aged 66)
- Occupations
- non-fiction writer
- Biography
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Valentine James O'Hara was a noted Irish author and authority on Russia and the Baltic States in the 1920s.
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Seán Loftus
- Occupations
- hurler
- Biography
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Seán Loftus is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Turloughmore and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He is usually deployed as a corner-back, but can also be deployed at midfield.
